In what has been a new initiative, the Lakewood yeshiva Beth Medrash Govoha has for the second year in a row raised the bi weekly kollel check for the kollel members. Its part of a strategy to raise it again over the next few years while at the same time adding many new members on to the payroll. The Kollel budget has now reached close to $15 million dollars annually. The yeshiva has not missed a payroll in over 14 years Ka""h. The raise is a full extra paycheck per year which in total is $500,000.
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